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Author Archives: dccrossley
Where Have They Been Hiding?
It’s all “New” something at the moment, isn’t it. We had Jon Bonné’s New California, we have been hearing a lot about the New South Africa this summer, and we have our very own New Beaujolais (three dinners in London … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books
Tagged Anton van Klopper, Castagna, Caves de Pyrene, Damien Tscharke, Jauma, Max Allen, Red Squirrel, Si Vintners, Sorrenberg, Sustainability in Australian Viticulture, The Future Makers, The New Australia, The Wine Idealist, Tom Shobbrook, Vinteloper, Winemakers Club
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Burgundy 2005 at QCH
I’m sure I was not alone in itching to get a first overview of this highly praised vintage at ten years old. One single wine from a moderate producer is all I’d tried of 2005 Red Burgundy before Monday night, … Continue reading
Perfect Antidote (To Boring Wines)
Regular readers will have seen the notes on our first two Beaujolais dinners at The Ten Cases and Quality Chop House earlier in the year. The third and final attempt to look at the (mainly) newer or younger growers alongside … Continue reading
How the Other Half Leflaives
If one only drank the kind of wines which I do much of the time, the ones most normal people think a bit odd, then I would be like those wine makers who only drink their own wines. The palate … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Wine, Sherry, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Chave, Clape, Dom Pérignon, Equipo Navazos, Jacquesson, Leflaive, Moulin Touchais
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Spice Up Your Life
That seems so long ago, doesn’t it! My life needed spicing up yesterday, one of those mornings, thankfully not coming along too often, when Friday 13th seemed to have arrived a week early. It was our last “curry” lunch before … Continue reading
A Pest – Decide
Recently I’ve been writing about different perceptions of wine quality, and especially the emergence of the “natural wine” scene, which puts the philosophy behind the wine at the forefront for consideration when discussing a wine’s quality and qualities. The over … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine and Health
Tagged biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Pesticides and Wine
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Recent Wines (October 2015)
I rarely write about the wines I drink at home, but in light of the last post, and the one on the Oddities lunch, I thought it might interest or amuse some readers. For some people who I know read … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Beaujolais, Blaufränkisch, Coing de St Fiacre, Humagne, Jeff Coutelou, Lavaux, Mas Coutelou, Métras, Muscadet, Roberson, Solent Cellar, Swiss Wine, The Sampler, Vin des Amis, Vintrepid, Weninger
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On Quality…(again…)
Although I have been banging this drum a bit, it’s hard not to. It’s like a mid-life crisis as all the certainties in wine I believed in seem to be getting replaced by a wholly different philosophy, or at least … Continue reading
